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Senior Scientist II, R&D Process Engineering, Center for Reaction Engineering

AbbVie
North Chicago, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 6 Mar 2026
💰 $178,500/yr($140,837/yr$178,500/yr)

About the role

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on XFacebookInstagramYouTubeLinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

  • Conduct chemical process research and development supporting projects from pre-clinical stages through primary stability batches.
  • Act as a lead engineer or reaction engineering lead to conceive & execute novel scientific research or development that achieves projects & area goals.
  • Perform data-rich experimentation which enables development of detailed kinetic models.
  • Perform mixing analyzes to inform the design of scale up & scale down experiments.
  • Present technical approaches to cross-functional project teams, supporting strategic decisions with thorough insights & expertise.
  • Proactively participate in cross-functional teams to develop novel reaction capabilities such as flow chemistry, photochemistry, electrochemistry to further develop technical capabilities to meet demands of pipeline.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

Must have a MS in Chemical Engineering or a related field & 3 years of academic &/or industry experience in reaction engineering or process development.

Of experience required, must have 3 years performing each of the following:

  1. chemical process research & development with a focus in reaction engineering;
  2. data-rich laboratory experimentation which enables the development of detailed kinetic models; &
  3. mixing analyzes to inform the design of scale up & scale down experiments.

Alternatively, PhD in Chemical Engineering or a related field & 1 year of academic &/or industry experience as an reaction or process development engineer.

Of experience required, must have 1 year performing each

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